Kazakstan: US Pushes Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline
Washington seeks to bolster US economic interests in the Caspian region at the expense of Russia and Iran.
Washington seeks to bolster US economic interests in the Caspian region at the expense of Russia and Iran.
Ban on students buying foreign currency likely to stop many completing their education abroad.
Impoverished Uzbek women are finding it so hard to get by that they are abandoning their children.
How long will pro-US Tashkent tolerate Russian broadcasts critical of American bid to topple Saddam?
Astana and Moscow want to make money from foreign radioactive waste by building a new atomic plant in an earthquake zone.
Poaching poses a serious threat to an increasingly depleted Caspian species.
Clans rivalries and power struggles are an increasing source of instability in Kazakstan
A burgeoning trade in petrol smuggling is costing the Kyrgyz government millions of dollars in lost taxes.
A draft law addressing the problems of Tajik victims of the Chernobyl disaster has been delayed because of lack of funds.
Theft of non-ferrous metal plays havoc with business and industry.